President Peres met with Iranian-born Israeli singer and icon Rita and Maryam Imani at the Peres Center for Peace. Maryam was born and raised in Iran, where she grew up in a conservative religious home and was taught to hate Israel. She is now the founder and President of the Centre for Cultural Diplomacy & Development (CCDD), and she came to Israel with an important message: We must separate between politics and people – there is no reason we cannot all be friends.